The labor progress handbook
Subtitle: early interventions to prevent and treat dystocia
By: Penny Simkin, Ruth Ancheta, with Suzy Myers ; illustrated by Shanna dela Cruz
Contributors: Ancheta, Ruth; Myers, Suzy, M.P.H.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781405122177
Subjects: Labor (Obstetrics); Handbooks, manuals; Dystocia; Complications; Handbooks; Obstetric Labor Complications; Prevention & control; Birth injuries; Birth Injuries; Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Dysfunctional labor: general considerations; title: Assessing progress in labor; title: Prolonged pre-labor and latent first stage; title: Prolonged active phase of labor; title: Prolonged second stage of labor; title: The labor progress toolkit: maternal positions and movements; title: The labor progress toolkit: comfort measures.